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TOKYO – Volkswagen overtook Toyota in global vehicle sales for January-June, the first time the German automaker has come out at the top in the intensely competitive tallies. Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it sold 5.02 million vehicles in the first six months of this year. Volkswagen said …

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have opened fire at a tea house in southeast Turkey, killing a police officer and a civilian, an attack that comes amid renewed violence between the government and the autonomy-seeking insurgents. Violence has flared in the past week, with Turkey …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani authorities say the nationwide death toll from monthlong flooding has risen to 169, as rescuers use helicopters and boats to move stranded residents to higher ground. The National Disaster Management Authority says the floods, which began in early July, have affected 900,000 people in 2,495 villages across …

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s agency for protecting bank customers says complaints about harassment by debt collectors have more than tripled, with Mexicans unhappy over late-night and early-morning phone calls dunning them for debts they often don’t even owe. Agency head Mario di Constanzo says the agency has levied about $12 …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – A massive refrigerated cargo ship believed to be loaded with slave-caught fish was seized by Indonesia’s navy and brought to shore after The Associated Press informed authorities that it had entered the country’s waters, officials said Thursday. The Thai-owned Silver Sea 2 was located late Wednesday and …

MEXICO CITY – Authorities say five gunmen burst into a bar and killed a reputed drug gang boss, a reporter and four other people in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Veracruz. The Veracruz state prosecutors’ office says the gunmen went directly for the victims, who included the local boss of …

TUNIS, Tunisia – Libya’s internationally recognized government has appealed to Arab countries to carry out airstrikes against the local Islamic State affiliate which is expanding its hold on the coastal central city of Sirte. The statement late Saturday came after the IS affiliate seized control of a new neighborhood in …

KARACHI, Pakistan – Pakistani intelligence officials say a shootout in the southern port city of Karachi has killed two suspected al-Qaida members and an intelligence officer. Three intel officials told The Associated Press that the firefight occurred on Monday. They say Pakistani officers were raiding a residential apartment following tips …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Election authorities in Haiti have disqualified two more candidates for disruptions during legislative elections earlier this month, bringing the total of barred candidates to 16. Voters in the Aug. 9 elections were filling two-thirds of the 30-member Senate and the entire 119-member Chamber of Deputies. Results have …

MADRID – Spain’s airport authority says Seville airport was closed for just over two hours after the pilot of a micro-light aircraft lost consciousness and a passenger crashed the plane during an attempted emergency landing. AENA and the Spanish emergency services 112 said the pilot died, but it was unclear …